Keep Fort Public

April 19, 1991|By Beryl Flom, President, League of Women Voters of Lake County.

RIVERWOODS — The League of Women Voters of Lake County endorses your April 2 editorial concerning the best future for Ft. Sheridan and urges each and every citizen to help to accomplish it. The obvious hurdle is the financing of public open space, which is in direct conflict with the Department of Defense`s desire to maximize profits from this choice piece of property.

We must let our senators and governor know that this land is too precious to deliver to developers; we must find a creative way to finance the public purchase of it, possibly using the existing housing as collateral for the bond. The league, as well as other citizen groups, supports open space, public access and preservation of the Historic District, but we need to all pull together to make it a reality.